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Five months after bidding farewell in Ushuaia, after our three week expedition to dedicate the Southern part of the Antarctic monument, 45 of the South 2015 voyagers meet again at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge home of the Northern part of the monument.

The British Antarctic Monument Trust and supporters are voyaging South to commemorate those who died in the pursuit of science. The cruise from South America arrived in the Falkland Islands for the unveiling of the Antarctic Monument. The daily activites are avaiable on the South 2015 Facebook page.

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This is a list of those who died in British Antarctic Territory in the pursuit of science since the first permanent British base was set up at Port Lockroy in 1944. The majority were employed by the British Antarctic Survey or its predecessor the Falkland Island Dependencies Survey but the list includes two seaman from HMS Protector who died whilst carrying out a siesmic study.

1956Ronald G Napier, 24 March 1956, Admiralty Bay Ronald Napier was drowned when a dinghy overturned. His body was not recovered.Memorial: there is a cross in vicinity of the base at Admiralty Bay. Commemorative place name: Napier Rock, King George Island

1958Stanley E Black, David Statham and Geoffrey Stride, about 27 May 1958, Horseshoe IslandLost when sea ice broke up during depot laying trip to Dion Islands. A memoire has been written about this accident by David McDowell.. Their bodies were not recovered.Account: Sir Vivian Fuch's account of the accident has been extracted from Ice and Men . Memorials: a single Cross on Beacon Hill, Horseshoe Island and plaque at Rothera Point. Commemorative place names: Black Pass, Statham Peak & Stride Peak, Pourquoi Pas Island.

1959Alan Sharman, 23 April 1959, Admiralty Bay Fractured skull following a fall on rocks when out walking.Memorial: there is a grave marked by cross in vicinity of the base.Commemorative place name: Sharman Rock, King George Island - but this feature was later found to be non-existent.

Dennis R Bell, 26 July 1959, Admiralty BayCrevasse fall.Memorial: there is a cross in vicinity of the base. His body was not recovered.Commemorative place name: Bell Point, King George Island. Memoire: there is a memoire written by Russell Thompson who was with Alan Sharman at the time of the accident and on base when Dennis Bell was killed.

1963Neville S Mann, 15 August 1963, HalleyLost on sea ice. Neville was part of a two sledge party which became separated in bad weather. His body was not recovered.Memorial - plaque at Halley Station (body not recovered).

1965Jeremy T Bailey, David P Wild and John K Wilson, 12 October 1965, Halley Occupants of Muskeg tractor lost in crevasse fall en route to Vestfjella.Memorials: plaques on Survey Point, Vardeklettane, Heimfrontfjella and at Halley Station. Their bodies were not recovered.Commemorative place names: Bailey Ice Stream, Baileyranten, Wildskorvene, and Wilsonberga, Dronning Maud Land. The nunataks close to the crevasse were renamed by the Norwegian Authorities, MannefallknausaneThere is a extract from memories by Dulcie Bailey written about how she received the news of her son's death.Account: Sir Vivian Fuch's account of the accident has been extracted from Of Ice and Men.

1966John F Noel and Thomas J Allan, June 1966, Stonington Island Died of exposure whilst sitting out a storm in a snow hole during field trip, Butson Ridge area. Their graves are on Flagstaff Hill.Commemorative place names: Mount Noel and Mount Allan, Traverse Mountains on the Rymill Coast.Sir Vivian Fuch's account of the accident has been extracted from Of Ice and Men.

1980Miles V Mosley, 2 February 1980, Halley Miles was hit by low flying aircraft. He was buried at sea.There is a memoire by Jim Turton who was on the aircraft that killed Miles.Memorial: plaque at Halley Station.Commemorative Place Name: Mosley Ice Stream, centred at 77 degrees 21’ 36’’S. 33 degrees 13’ 43’’W, is an ice stream flowing north-west into the Weddell Sea on the Luitpold Coast.

1981John H M Anderson and Robert Atkinson, 16 May 1981, Rothera Crevasse accident on Shambles Glacier. Their bodies were not recovered.Memorial: single cross on Rothera Point.